Objective: To determine the pattern of thyroid carcinoma diagnosed at Ga-Rankuwa Hospital over a ten-year period.
Design: A retrospective study.
Settings: Ga-Rankuwa Hospital; a teaching hospital for the Medical University of Southern Africa.
Subjects: Seventy one patients who were diagnosed as having carcinoma of the thyroid during the study period.
Results: The male to female ratio was 1:4.5. Papillary and follicular carcinoma constituted 42.3% and 40.9%, respectively. Anaplastic carcinoma constituted seven per cent and three cases of medullary carcinoma were seen. There were two cases of Hurthle cell carcinoma and two cases showed a mixed histology.
Conclusion: All the histological subtypes of thyroid carcinoma do occur in our patient population.
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